Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-04-01


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Hopkinsville Paying Her Way to
Fortune.
REV. A. b. Cabanisss, in Western Recorder
We visited this place, Mar. Z, coun-
ty court day. We were glad to find
the citizens of this handsome and ad-
mirably located town walked up at
last to the importance of Intending
their ways" and drawing people TO
them, by paying their roads to bust
ness and to fortune. In doing this,
they have very properly commenced
by utilizing even the stones of the
field. Mr.. John G. Latham, native
Of Hopkinsville, but now successful
banker In New York, has taken $780,
600 worth of stock, and the citizens
of Hopkinsville adding $4,000 10 II,
have organized company to pike all
the roads leading into the town.
They have an ice factory, and expect
TO have water works and street cars.
They will soon commence boring for
natural gas. They have also organ
lied a coal and iron and land compa-
ny. This is move in the right di-
rection for prosperity. Though most
people do not know it, there is more
wealth and power in the iron and
coal stones of our land than in all the
gold and silver mines of the great
West. Goal aud iron made steam en-
gines, railroads and steam ships pos
sible. These have done more to de-
velop the wealth and extend the COM
merce Of the world over all lands and
seas than all other instrumentalities
before known.
Behold in this Hopkinsville move,
THE FRUITS OF PROHIBITION.
While they had so many saloons,
too many deposited their surplus
funds in these banks of the whisky
devil, which only paid dividends in
headaches, misery, crime, and power
ty. This naturally made wise and
prudent men slow TO invest their
capital to build up place while the
devil was daily pulling it down. Now
that they have put stop to the dcv-
ils's pulling the capital into his own
till, and binding and enfeebling their
citizens by deceiving them with the
idea that his liquid commodity was
an eye-opener and invigorator, these
wise capitalists have determined TO
open the eyes of the people to the
fact that though swine is mocker,
and strong dring is raging" there is
real strength and wealth to city,
even in the stones of the field and In
the hills and mountains, when prop
erly utilized. Henderson, Ky, by
not Catching on" 10 her opportunity
in years agone, let Evansville get
ahead Of her. She is now trying to
redeem her fortunes by erecting a
large cotton factory and wooden mill
Hopkinsyille has large planning mill
and wagon factory, and three mer-
chant Touring mills. If the Forbes
Brothers could start with no capital
and build up such large business as
their wagon factory and planning mill
at Hopkinsville, why can't some en-
terprising men with capital build up
a much larger business in some other
department? 1t is merely matter
Oftime, we predict, when there will
be a factory for putting up chewing
and smoking tobacco. As there is
large colored population in Hopkins
vile, any amount Of labor just adapt
ed TO working in tobacco can be cas-
lily obtained. II is a matter of much
surprise to travellers that place of
such size and so much wealth has
never had larger and finer hotel.
You know Kentuckians, especially,
do believe in good eating and living,
and do not form very favorable
opinion of a town that does not pro-
vide good accommodations for their
visitors. When we gave this hint to
A. ID. Rodgers, he said, "Well, | think
the people Of this town would be will
ing for Jno. Q. Latham, or any one
else, TO send on the funds for them to
build such a hotel, il he would pre-
pay the express charges on the mon
ey.' OF course, some of you will
show him better than that. Possibly
your former slow movements have
made him pessimistin such matters.
AS Henderson lost her chance by neg
lect aud delay, let Hopkinsville be
warned by her fate, and launch forth
boldly on this flood-tide. Clarks-
vile has already flanked you, and
if you do not acquit yourselves like
men, she will capture your wagon
trains and all your commissary stores
from her town 10 Princeton. If you
lack the men of proper vim and en-
terprise 10 build up new manufacture
ing interests, just send out int the
Pond River settlement and bring in
some more Forbes Brothers. Let
Charlie Meacham and John o. Rust
keep it before their readers that Hop
kinsyille has great possibilities, and
now is her opportunity! Wake up
the old fossils and set things amov-
ingl A town that has routed and
put to flight the army of the whisky
devil, ought to overcome all other
foes to her prosperity; and let all the
people say, Amenl